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A record snowpack in the Eastern Sierra could meet up to 80% of Los Angeles' water demand for a year or more, the LADWP announced

A circle. thats a forecast record highs near 100 degrees expected in phoenix, denver into the mid eighties and as far north as minneapolis. this does press off towards the northeast . look at this in place like syracuse, 80 mid to upper eighties and in hartford, connecticut. now where we had that record snowpack and still do 1 to 9 ft of it. were going to see some flooding issues as we go on through the next couple of weeks, especially across the intermountain west and the upper mississippi valu...

Plains. this was a record snowpack. there were 72 feet of snow at alpine meadows in the sierra. railroad snowpack in the rockies and cold, cold air across the northern plains. every time a cold front came down, it was colder than it should have been. that cold air digs under and pushes warm air up. and the dry air here -- this has been historic drought in parts of texas. many of the storms should have been in texas but if the air is so dry, you cant get a thunderstorm, you wont get any trrns. wh...

Exactly all happened until somebodys master thesis figures it out. lets go through the things that are different this year than a normal year. this is a normal jet stream, a normal pattern and storms firing in oklahoma and texas. how is spring 2011 sdimpbt? its colder than normal in the plains. this was a record snowpack. there were 72 feet of snow at alpine meadows in the sierra. record snow pack in the rockies and cold, cold air across the northern plains. every time a cold front came down, it...

that is a monster tornado. >> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of natures power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees. the trees are debarked! >> reporter: residents running for cover anywhere they could. >> in a crowded convenience store some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop ca...

>> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of natures power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees. the trees are debarked! >> reporter: residents running for cover anywhere they could. >> in a crowded convenience store some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers mo...

whats happening. thats ahead. we will have the latest on this developing story in a few minutes from now. president obama is back at the white house of a spending several hours in joplin, missouri. it was exactly a week ago that an f-5 tornado ripped through the city killing people in minutes. 5:41 central time there was a moment of silence marked by the precise instant that tornado hit. our dan traveled with the president to joplin and dan, a tough job for the president to try to li...